Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1887-01-26

, talk about Hebrew during dinner, attacking
tender young curates who had never seen q
Hebrew grammar frightening the poor
young men out of their senses, and running q
good dinner. In addition to this, she became
a womanfs rights lady, and made speeches
advocating female suffrage. Upon these
occasions Egerton used to 60 to the back OF
the hall with an umbrella and applaud. Also,
if it was strange town, he would nudge his
next neighbor when the speakers came on the
platform:
"Can you tell me-" he would ask, in low
whisper, (which of these ladies is Mrs. Eyer
ton Doolittle!"
Curiously enough, the stranger was never
able to point her out.
II should like to have seen her." Egerton
would say. "People assert she is tremen-
dously clever woman. Indeed, l know she is.
In fact, you may spread it with confidence;
she is tremendously clever woman"
"And in this way, my DEAR" Egerton would
say to her when they &C. home, "in this way
intend to get your II; up. It's the kind
of thing that is done witt. actresses, and-and
popular preachers, and statesmen too, un-
derstand. Some one goes about-perhaps the
mans twin brother-pretending he does not
know him by sight; asks, is that the great
Mr.. So-and-sop, Probably the other says,
II never heard of the great Mr. so.and- So
How very remarkablen the twin brother
exclaims. Everybody is talking about him
I so wish to see what he is like Exactly
my way with you, dear. shall get your
name up, depend upon it.
~ am afraid we shall never get our votes" :"
Caroline remarked, resting her chin on her
hand, and speaking in mood Of doleful con-
fidence. 1t had been wet evening, and the
meeting had been small, moist, and not san
guine "We are working against hope"
II should not be disheartened, Car, if I were
you," Egerton replied. "Try little of this
pheasant, dear. Nos Well, / will was
going to say should not be disheartened
about the cause As you said tonight, dear.
new truths always have to work their way.
Look at my theory about red mullet. have
been at it for twenty years, and yet even to
this day that delicious fish is laid on your
plate in most houses in Kettlewell just as If it
was package. Blu. that nth will work IT'S
way, too; and when am no omore"-Egerton
said this with a tremor in his voice, and he
laid down his knife and fork to deal with GER
tain symptoms of moisture in his left eye
"when l am no more, red mullet will be
cooked in my way all over educated Europe"
For poor Egerton remained constant to his
great theory about red mullet and firmly
persuaded that reform in that direction
would help on the regeneration of mankind,
and in this gentle conviction our amiable
milksop will live and die.
We bid farewell to Sibyl, to Caroline, to
Egerton. Let the men learn what lesson
from Egerton they can or will. write for
the women. And I wish them to observe
that Caroline, as well as Sibyl sank into
social infliction, lost all power of attraction
as years went on; and in both cases be-
leve the loss arose from simple mismanage-
ment This story las every rejecting reader
saw long ago. has as many morals as
hedgehog has prickles. But here is one par
ticular moral spear which I would infix in
the minds of my feminine students:
Either Sibyl or Caroline, according to the
gifts of person and Of mind, would have out
shone Sophia from first to last had they
known the secret of charming.as she knew it.